BMS 57[via caspo]


Obverse
oo NaN	(beginning obverse missing)
o 1'o 1'	[...] x [...]1	[. . .] . . . [. . .]
o 2'2'	⸢^diš-ḫa-ra⸣ AMA re-⸢mi⸣-[ni-tu₄ ...]	O Išḫara, merciful mother [. . .]
o 3'3'	ana-ku NENNI A NENNI ša₂ DINGIR^šu₂ [...]	I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whose (personal) god [. . .]
o 4'4'	ina ḪUL AN.GE₆ ^d3(u) ša₂ [...]	On account of the evil of a lunar eclipse, which [. . .]
o 5'5'	ḪUL A₂-MEŠ GISKIM-[MEŠ ...]	The evil of signs (and) portent[s . . .]
o 6'6'	ša₂ ina E₂.GAL-MU u ⸢KUR⸣-[MU ...]	Which in my palace and [my] land [. . .]
o 7'7'	a-na šu-a-ti NIGIN^ki ⸢al⸣-[si-ki ...]	On account of that, I turn to you, I call [to you, . . .]
o 8'8'	aš-šum gi-mil dum-qi₂ ⸢e⸣-[...]	Because a requittal of favor [. . .]
o 9'9'	as-ruq-ki si-riq ⸢GE₆⸣ [...]	I sprinkle for you a nocturnal offering [. . .]
o 10'10'	za-ka-a da-aš₂-pa ku-ru-⸢un⸣-[na ...]	Pure, sweet beer [. . .]
o 11'11'	u₂-ma-ḫir-ki mu-[uḫ-ru ...]2	I offer to you a muḫru-[offering . . .]
o 12'12'	ZI^ti ub-lak-ki [...]	I present myself to you [. . .]
o 13'13'	^diš-ḫa-ra ina ⸢šap⸣-[li-ki ...]	O Išḫara, at [your] fee[t . . .]
o 14'14'	be-let KUR.KUR ina ⸢šap⸣-[li-ki ...]	Lady of the lands, at [your] fee[t . . .]
o 15'15'	dup-pi-ri mim-ma ⸢NU⸣ [...]	Cast out anything that is not [. . .]
o 16'16'	mim-ma lem-nu ⸢ša₂⸣ [...]	Whatever evil that [. . .]
o 17'17'	ŠU.⸢DINGIR⸣.[RA ...]	The "hand-of-a-god"-illness [. . .]
o 18'18'	x [...]	. . . [ . . .]
	(end obverse missing)
Reverse
rr NaN	(beginning reverse missing)
r 1'r 1'	[...] MI ⸢x⸣ [...]	[. . .] . . . [. . .]
r 2'2'	[...] TAR ⸢x⸣ [...]	[. . .] . . . [. . .]
r 3'3'	[...] ⸢TU₂^? LU^?⸣ [...]	[. . .] . . . [. . .]
r 4'4'	[...] ⸢x⸣ [...]	[. . .] . . . [. . .]
	(end reverse missing)

1Restorations in Išḫara 1 are based on duplicates and/or Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 304-308, who provide fuller, speculative restorations than is offered here.

2Either a kind of material offering or kind of prayer.